Martina Presta – Teacher Swiss Cake Festival 2016

Martina Presta – Teacher Swiss Cake Festival 2016

Although she is still very young, Martina, the Italian Chocolate artist has an enviable experience and professionalism, which could gather thanks to her immense talent and passion for her work. She reached a very high level and won several awards, lie for the competition of Cacao Barry World Chocolate Masters , where she won the special prize for “The Best praline “. Martina was already last year in the demo area in the Swiss Cake Festival. The more we are pleased in to have her as a workshop teacher with two excellent classes this year.

Class Arcimboldo – Saturday, october 22nd 2016

In this workshop we create an elaborate head sculpture , created from fruits and vegetables on the model of the painting of the Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo. We model the items, they color with airbrush and arrange them so that the head is designed anatomically correct as possible.

Working with fondant for modellage

Assembly of individual components into a composition

Basic knowledge of Airbrush

Paiting with Airbrush

Explanation of the tools

Tips and Tricks

At the end of the course, each participant can take his fruit head sculpture at home.

Class Sugar Peony Flower – Sunday, October 23th 2016

In this workshop you will learn how to make a sugar peony. Learn to make small, medium and large petals. Then add dimension with ruffles and wires to bring your flowers to life. We will also show you how to dust the petals to give it more depth and realness to it.

Program:

Working with flowers paste

Basic knowledge in creating sugar flowers

Painting with powder colors

Explanation of the tools

Tips and Tricks

At the end of the course, each participant can take at home his own sugar flower.